09-13-2012 Planning Comm. Agenda

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Applicant Statement I would like to start a dog daycare /small kennel in one half of the building at 407 S. Owasso Boulevard East. There are no such operations in the city of Little Canada now, nor are there many in the north St. Paul metro area. This service would be a great convenience for the citizens of Little Canada as well as citizens of the neighboring communicates. Dogs would mainly remain indoors, but there would be limited outside run areas, (see photo), which would have fencing high, and strong enough to keep the dogs in. All dogs in care would be vetted for good temperament and to make sure all vaccinations and flea and tick control was in place. There may be upwards of 40 dogs of all sizes, but the number would more likely be much lower. Inside the building would be three fenced in areas for dogs. Dogs would be grouped within the fences by size and/or temperament. Each fenced inside area would have a door to the outside fenced -in area. Kennels would also be inside the building, and would be roomy enough to hold a large dog. There may be as many as 40 kennels. The business neighbor to the north of the property is Trans -Auto Transmission. Tim McGuigan is the owner, and has said he would welcome more business in the area and had no problems if the business is a dog daycare/kennel. Similarly, Dennis O'Connell of Suburban Auto Body, the business to the south of said property was contacted. Dennis had an opinion like Tim McWiggins. He had no objections and welcomed a business, even if it were a dog daycare/kennel as described above. Traffic to the site will come from the freeways, either Interstate 694 and exit at Rice Street, and take the frontage road known as Country Drive, or else exit off Interstate 35E at Little Canada Road, and then drive a short ways on Country Dive. The traffic may be 30 to 40 cars /light trucks per day for both bringing the animals to the daycare, and picking up the animals later. Parking needs to only be at a minimum for dropoff /pickup. Animal waste will be disposed of daily, and may be composted on site, or off site. All pens and fenced in areas will be cleaned daily as well. Kennel attendants will discourage barking, and fencing will be adequate to prevent animal escapes or threatening behavior towards humans. The daily cleaning and proper ventilation systems will control odor. There will not be any further taxing of city systems, other than more traffic on Country Drive. I have attached parts of the Roseville City Code, and also the Maplewood City Code that relate to dog daycare /kennels. Both of the city codes allow for such operations.